Troop 9

Parent’s Committee Meeting 

Minutes

January 14, 2003

In attendance:Luke Cathell, Sarah Mason, John Risk, Lisa Ripperton, Dave Scocca, George Painter, Richard Davis, Nancy Barber, Dave Filpus - a quorum of at least seven people.

Prior meeting minutes ? approved.

Treasurer’s report ? Lisa Ripperton - balance as of the November minutes $3,604.93 ? no change since then.Current year dues for all participating scouts have been collected.

Organization ? 

• Robert Long’s position as charter organization representative may be available. This position requires that you be a member of the Chapel of the Cross..

• Committee Chairman ? John Risk currently holds this position through August. He is offering his position if someone else is interested. John is happy to stay on as chairman and will continue participating in the troop whether or not he holds a position. 

• Please let the troop know if you have an interest in either position.

• Currently there are 16 scouts enrolled. Ideally the troop could accommodate 24. A maximum of 36 may be the most that we could handle. With 16 scouts participating, it is difficult to get enough adults for the outings. The boys tend to see the same adults. 

• Suggestions/Concerns ? concession stands or an activity that would increase the boy’s interest. We will always be competing with the sports. A target age of 11 to 14 would help the troop in the long run. Boys over the age of 14 tend to lose interest and the demands of high school activity take their time.

• Why should a child choose troop 9? Higher levels of adventure camping, backpacking, family participation.

• Ways to gain the interest of others? Several of the boys have offered to speak to Cub Scout troops. Newspapers run the community service information columns. Scouts could ask to speak on the local radio station. Direct recruitment of friends is considered the best means. Recruiter patches can be given to the scouts who bring others into the troop. 

• Possibly shorter outings can be planned to get the younger boy’s interest. Although we may lose the older boy’s participation. The Duke Forest day hike or simply going to John Risk’s property could be considered. Limiting the number of long trips may get more scouts to participate in the activities.

• Mike Byerley, District Executive for Orange District will come to the next parent/committee meeting. He’ll ask for support of the Friends of Scouting Campaign.

• Panther Creek ? 6 boys and 3 adults have committed. Weather may create bad driving conditions. 
• Caving trip ? a staff trip for those age 14 and above, red bolo and senior level staff, possible date February 8^th. Dave will email the boys to get commitments.
• Alternative activity for the younger boys ? another scout troop has offered for our boys to attend a climbing “lock in” February 14^th from 11:00pm Friday until 8:00am Saturday. The cost is expected to be $23 plus food. Tom Hock has offered to help. 
• March trip - has been cancelled. The original trip to the mountains took advantage of the extended weekend, which is now a snow make up day. A possible alternative ? Hanging Rock.
• April camporee at Chest Nut Ridge

• Michael Barber has been elected as senior patrol leader, which leaves the position of quartermaster vacant.

NEXT PARENT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 10^TH, 2003.

Please send minute corrections, additions and/or deletions to barbe016@mc.duke.edu.

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